Cordia wallichii G. Don

 
  • Family : BORAGINACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Boraginaceae
  • Species : Cordia wallichii
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cordia dichotoma G.Forst.
  • Common name : Indian Cherry
  • Vernacular name : Challa hannu, Mannadake (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : HFP 1586, CJS 14157, CJS 16732
  • Endemism : Karnataka
  • Key identification features : A medium-sized tree with a short crooked trunk and simple leaves. Flowers are small (less than 1 cm.), white and are borne on small branched inflorescence. Fruits are pink when ripe with a viscid sweetish transparent pulp surrounding a central hard part. Bark silver grey and fissured.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : India
  • Comments : The fruit is like a pale cherry, is pickled or eaten tender as a vegetable.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Hassan, Shimoga, Tumkur, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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